Albania's population and economy
are exposed to earthquakes and floods, with earthquakes
posing the greater risk of a high impact, lower probability
event. The model...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114766Date: January 1, 2015
Trafficking is an emerging concern in
West Africa that is gaining increasing attention from the
international community. This paper examines the
relationship between...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 98903Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Dechery,Come Jean Maurice ;
Ralston,Laura R.
The demographic dividend describes the
interplay between changes in a population’s age structure
due to the demographic transition and rapid economic growth.
Except...
Type: PublicationReport#: 100383Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Canning,David J. ;
Jobanputra,Sangeeta Raja ;
Yazbeck,Abdo S.
The results matrix provides an overview
and aggregated results of the Afghanistan Reconstruction
Trust Fund (ARTF) portfolio. Reading from left to right the
Matrix lays...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 95218Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Fallesen,Ditte Marie Gammelgaard
Coping with Floods, Strengthening
Growth, from the South East Europe Regular Economic Report
explains that South East Europes (SEE6)s economy is
estimated to have...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 93611Date: January 1, 2015
The 2010 earthquake that hit Haiti wiped
out the nation’s housing infrastructure. Before the
Government of Haiti can begin major reconstruction, it
needed to shelter...
Type: WBI Working PaperReport#: 80681Date: January 1, 2015
In many regions of central and northern
Tanzania, lives and livelihoods suffer from periodic
weather-related stress, particularly from below-normal
rainfall. The resulting...
Type: BriefReport#: 115230Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Wielinga,Doekle Geert
Strong partnerships and shared expertise
are essential for delivering results in fragile and
conflict-affected situations (FCS), in which political,
security, humanitarian,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 99008Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Morrison,Mary ;
Harris, Shani
This paper assesses the link between
democracy and inequality. Inequality is measured at the
cohort level with pseudo-panel data built from nine Latin
American countries'...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 125433Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Balcázar,Carlos Felipe
The Pacific Island region is highly
vulnerable to natural disasters and climate-related hazards,
costing some countries up to an average of 6.6 percent gross
domestic...
Type: BriefReport#: 94991Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Rahman,Shaela
As in many developing nations, mapping
information in Nepal has been often outdated, missing data,
and sometimes only accessible on a pay-per-view basis. This
creates...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 115251Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Akbar,Kamran
Since 2009, insecurity in the North-East
of Nigeria has led to the loss of over 20,000 lives and the
displacement of over two million people. Throughout the
region livelihoods...
Report#: 110424Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Mariam, Masha ;
Vunobolki, Maurice ;
Ibrahim, Mohammed Aminu ;
Umara, Baba Gana ;
Kamara, Aliyu M. ;
Williams, Jeji ;
Yusufari,Muhammad A. S.
Albania’s population and economy are
exposed to earthquakes and floods, with earthquakes posing
the greater risk of a high impact, lower probability event.
The model...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 114694Date: January 1, 2015
The post disaster needs assessment
(PDNA) assesses the impact of the April 25, 2015 earthquake
in Nepal and defines a recovery strategy. In the analysis,
damage is defined...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 97501Date: January 1, 2015
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are
now being used in many countries to develop infrastructure
projects. The complexity and sophistication of PPP
transactions, and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 102910Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Paul,Christina Jutta ;
Crothers,John D. ;
Grandguillaume, Victor ;
Littot, Barthelemy
More than 10 years after the overthrow
of Saddam, the impatience of the Iraqi people and government
for transformation of their economy to advance shared
prosperity...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 96480Date: January 1, 2015
Partnerships and trust funds are big
business for the World Bank Group. It participates in around
126 global partnership programs and administers more than
1000 trust...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 95559Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Heltberg,Rasmus
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and
Management Act of 2010 (Republic Act 10121) is a landmark
legislation that shifted the government of the Philippines’
long-standing...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 115252Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Saldivar-Sali,Artessa
This resource note is intended to help
country management units, task team leaders, and otherBank
staff better understand their UN partners and options for
collaboration....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 99007Date: January 1, 2015Author:
Harris, Shani ;
Morrison,Mary
The State- and Peace -Building Fund
(SPF) is the World Bank’s largest global, multi-donor trust
fund (MDTF) to support projects that contribute to
prevention and recovery...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 117965Date: December 31, 2014
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